I work at the new stadium and knew john, the yankees could have easily given him a comfy job in one of their many suites. this proves what true scum are running the restaurants in yankee stadium!

I hope internet publicity will pressure the company to hire this fellow asap, if not, a complaint to the Human Rights Commission although time consuming and annoying with it's lengthy time period from start to finish will surely see him right.

A guy, just wants to work, at age 73 I say Bravo!

So this guy served drinks to DiMaggio 20 years ago, who cares. Too many people try to hold on to their jobs based on merits from the past. He was probably slow complacent and careless - they probably couldent wait to get rid of him.

Circuit city have had some serious issues for years now which led them to shed management expenses - not the other way around...

I guess you like bartenders with no personality, no interesting stories to tell.. which is pretty much how most bars in NYC operate these days.

Quite frankly, service is the top priority. If the guy can tell a good story while serving me; thats great.

I doubt that they would have fired this guy if he was doing his job promptly while charming the pants off everyone...

If true, a pity indeed. I hope right prevails.

I remember being at a Yankee game last year sitting in a seat with a face price of $125. They had waitress service and we ordered about $40 worth of food and drink. She swiped the credit card, I then added a generous tip. 1/2 hour later nothing.. I couldn't find the waitress so I asked another server about the order. I was assured it would be right there very soon. When the food finally came it was just about one hour and I told them I didn't want it and I want my credit card charges cancelled. They gave me a refund receipt of some sort. Weeks pass, the charge shows up on my statement but no refund. I emailed Yankee Management but never got a reply. A month later I had Amex reverse the charge. The non caring attitude is just part of the problem. The whole thing, including the taxpayer monies, is corrupt.

really... really... we moved every last thing we could from the old house to the new... but we couldnt move the people??! thats shitty!

Human resources, like PR, is an industry built on sin.

Apparently Steinbrenner's kids studied at the Dolan School of Sports Management rather than watching their dad.

Ha!! FTW!

i'm pretty sure that's illegal. you can't force people to re-interview for the same job, can you? there's rules about that sort of thing.

enjoy your inevitable post-victory retirement, old guy! you'll come out ahead in this one.

Same position, but a different company. In the old stadium the concessions were run by an outside firm. For the new stadium, the Yankees started their own concessions company (in conjunction with the Dallas Cowboys and Goldman Sachs) so they keep a bigger cut of the loot. Rather than just rubber stamping the old employees in, they made all the previous workers re-apply for jobs in the new company.

It wouldn't be illegal either way, but not necessarily a good business move. Circuit City fired a ton of higher-paid workers and store managers a few of years ago, then told them they could reapply for entry level jobs. By firing all the people who knew what they were doing, the company quickly dove into chaos, and today they no longer exist.

Circuit City B&M stores aren't around but circuitcity.com has relaunched.

http://www.circuitcity.com/sectors/opt-outv2.asp

A wisenheimer? Really?

Totally pathetic. I hope he wins his case and the food service company is slapped with heft fines and the hiring manager who said that gets his ass fired.

The Yankees seem to be hell-bent on disproving the adage that any publicity is good publicity.